Lina Basquette

Acting Apr 19, 1907 Sep 20, 1994 (aged 87) San Mateo, California, USA

Lina Basquette (born Lena Copeland Baskette), was an American actress. She is noted for her 75-year career in entertainment, which began during the silent film era. Talented as a dancer, she was paid as a girl for performing and gained her first film contract at age nine. In her acting career, Basquette may have been best known for her role as Judith in The Godless Girl. The film was based on the life of Queen Silver, known as a 20th-century child prodigy, and feminist and socialist activist.

Basquette also was noted for her several marriages, including her first, to the much older noted producer, Sam Warner, founder of Warner Bros. film studio. She had several marriages and a tumultuous personal life. When her film career declined, she returned for a period to dancing and stage performances. After she retired from the entertainment world, in 1947 Basquette moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where she became a noted breeder of Great Danes; her dogs won numerous professional show prizes. She wrote several books on dog breeding as well. Later living in West Virginia, she also served as a judge for the American Kennel Club, and wrote a column.

35 Acting Credits

Lina Basquette

Acting

Shoes

The Godless Girl

Souls at Sea

Four Men and a Prayer

The Younger Generation

The Buccaneer

A Night for Crime

Morals for Women

The Mike Douglas Show

The Phantom Express

The Hard Hombre

Pleasure

Goldie

The Midnight Lady

The Arm of the Law

The Noose

Hello Trouble

Ebb Tide

Show Folks

The Final Hour

The Dude Wrangler

Trapped

Serenade

Wheel of Chance